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Josh Lee

Josh Lee is a multi-instrumentalist who specializes in soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophones. Lee, the son of a medical doctor who is also a saxophonist, is a graduate of Temple University - Boyer College of Music. Josh Lee has performed with ensembles like Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia, Norman David and the Eleventet and the New York Classics. He is co-founder of Jazz Lives Philadelphia and leads Josh Lee and the Family, The Life Brass Band and the Jazz Lives Philadelphia Big Band. Josh Lee is currently baritone saxophonist for the Count Basie Orchestra.

Swingin' Uptown

By Eyal Vilner

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2024
Track listing: Chicken an’ Dumplings; Bumpy Tour Bus; Swingin’ Uptown; Tell Me Pretty Baby; I Want Coffee; Is You Is or Is You Ain’t; Tea for Two; Lobby Call Blues; Blue Skies; Don’t You Feel My Leg; I Love the Rhythm in a Riff; I Don’t Want to Be Kissed (By Anyone Else But You); Swing Brother Swing; Coffee Bean Stomp Jubilee; Hellzapoppin’; Afternoon at Smalls.

Chris Oatts’ Pretty Big Band at Chris’ Jazz Café

by Victor L. Schermer
June 7, 2024

Chris Oatts' Pretty Big Band Chris' Jazz Café Philadelphia, PA May 28, 2024 The nonet, a nine-member ensemble which enables features of both small group and big band arranging and playing, has probably deserved greater use than it has seen in jazz over the years. Among the ...

The Jam!

By Eyal Vilner

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: I’m Just a Lucky So and So; Chabichou; Another Time; The Jam; Will You Be My Quarantine?; Monday Stroll; Chad’s Delight; Hard Hearted Hannah; T’aint What You Do; Call Me Tomorrow, I Come Next Week; After the Lights Go Down Low; Tap Tap Tap; Belleville; Jumpin’ at the Woodside.

Personalities

By Chris Oatts

Label: BCM&D Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: (all compositions by Chris Oatts, except where noted all arrangements by Chris Oatts) Alley Birds; Dragon Night; Building Blocks; Shade of Jade (Joe Henderson); Jean’s Scene; Bewitched (Richard Rogers); Philly Smash Tune; Not While I’m Around (Stephen Sondheim); Sweet Prince; Personality (Johnny Burke and Jimmy van Heusen).

Bobby Zankel's Warriors of the Wonderful Sound with Rene McLean at the Painted Bride

by Victor L. Schermer
November 14, 2016

Warriors of the Wonderful Sound Special Guest Artist Rene McLean Painted Bride Art Center Philadelphia, PA November 10, 2016 Philadelphia's own Bobby Zankel and the Warriors of the Wonderful Sound keep reeling off exciting concerts in their ongoing series at the Painted Bride. This one featured saxophonist Rene McLean ...

Coltrane at 90: A week long celebration for John Coltrane in Philadelphia

September 21, 2016

Philadelphia Jazz Project in collaboration with Temple University Libraries, WRTI, PhillyCAM, Jazz Near You and other partners will celebrate John Coltrane's 90th Birthday with nine days of FREE events. These events will take place between September 17th to 25th, 2016. One of the most important artists of the 20th century was our neighbor. He walked among ...